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From their website:  "In May 2016, an initial BACtrack Skyn prototype was awarded the grand prize and $200,000 in the Wearable Alcohol Biosensor Challenge. The challenge was issued by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institute of Health. The goal of the competition was to find an accurate, non-invasive and continuous way to measure a user’s alcohol level in order to aid researchers. Our latest two designs are improved and smaller versions of our initial prototype."

Pretty good vote of confidence -- granted, this is will be a miniaturized version of the device that won.

First, until Department of Homeland Security updates REAL ID regulations (neither a simple nor fast process), this really doesn’t matter.

US citizens cannot board a plane unless they show REAL ID-compliant identification, and the current statues say nothing about digital identification.

Second, once DHS does its thing, each State will need to wire up their DMVs (et al) to do adopt the standard. This, too, will not be a fast process.

Nationwide, interoperable digital ID is at least a half decade away. Welcome to bureaucracy.

Good article — it’s definitely going to be a decade+ until you can reliably leave your plastic ID at home.  

I understand deliberate delay so as not to jump the gun on new tech, but how can a company with such vast resources suck so much at delivering on its own, publicly-announced promises?

If you're not ready, don't announce.
If you're not sure if you're ready, don't announce.

It's not "high standards" or "quality control" when you think something is ready for primetime and then have to back pedal; it's proof that there's a disconnect between at least two of your departments.

Let’s hope — Home has been stagnant for far too long. Would love to see homeOS paired with whatever new LLM work Apple has been cooking.

It’s always fun to hear Apple talk about the importance of getting all the little details right and then use HomeKit and the Home app.

Rather than trying to install a vast array of sensors across an entire house and attempt to infer where someone is + automate what they want, I have to think it’ll end up being a lot easier to just use “Apple Glass”.

*Walk into a room wearing Apple Glass*

I highly encourage all the super smart MAGA folks to buy this amazing piece of technology! I’m sure it’s super amazing, very secure, and will be a great purchase!

Holy F - people voted for this absolute insanity.

Wait, that country that just had to retreat and abandon a ton of equipment?

This strategy has always made more sense to me — Apple as a “robotaxi” service in (likely) urban areas as a joint venture with a more traditional automotive manufacturer.

“Apple as a car manufacturer” has never made sense.